The ANSI/ITDSF Safety Standards B56.1 (low lift and high lift trucks); B56.6 (rough terrain forklifts); B-56.8 (personnel and burden carriers); B56.9 (operator controlled industrial tow tractors) and B-56.10 (manually propelled high lift trucks) are very explicit on right of way. Under TRAVELING sections the rule is the same: "Yield the right of way to pedestrians and emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire trucks."

The national consensus standards used in your country probably have the same or a similar paragraph.
Although the government bodies that promulgate safety standards wimp out by not adopting the consensus standards as written, this does not mean that you as a safety person or a safety trainer should. Promulgated safety standards are merely minimal requirements. No safety program should be established on compliance with only the minimal legal requirements.

From a safety standpoint, this is not a debatable issue. All powered industrial truck operators must be instructed that they Yield to Pedestrians. Such operator response must become instinctive. I find any safety instruction that suggests there is an option reprehensible.